There may be a plea deal in the works for a 33-year-old man arrested and charged with rape.
William Diggs III not only faces the off grid charge of rape, but also aggravated indecent liberties with a child under Jessica’s Law. If convicted, both carry a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25-years.
Diggs was arrested on the charge by Hutchinson Police after an investigation that the victim, a 12-year-old girl apparently told a school official of the sexual abuse who then reported the alleged crime. The encounter between the two allegedly occurring sometime between Valentines Day and spring break.
His court appointed attorney asked for a plea hearing date during the waiver-status docket Wednesday in front of Judge Joe McCarville. The judge set a date of August 20 for the hearing.